List of Union Stations
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Union station
A union station is the term used for a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them...


A Union station, Union depot, or Union terminal is a train station used by more than one railroad company or line.

Canada

  • Union Station (Ottawa), no longer a train station, now a conference centre.
  • Union Station (Regina), no longer a train station, now a casino.
  • Union Station (Saint John), demolished in 1972.
  • Saskatoon railway station
    Saskatoon railway station
    The Saskatoon railway station is currently the only rail station in operation in the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and is located eight kilometers from the central business district. The station is serviced by The Canadian three times per week. The station is equipped with a ticket...

    , once operated as a Union Station, still in use.
  • Union Station (Toronto)
    Union Station (Toronto)
    Union Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Toronto, located on Front Street West and occupying the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in the central business district. The station building is owned by the City of Toronto, while the...

    , still in use.
  • Union Station (Winnipeg)
    Union Station (Winnipeg)
    Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba.It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway, National Transcontinental, and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway...

    , still in use.

Arkansas

  • Union Station (Little Rock)
  • Union Station (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) now the Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Historical Museum
  • Union Station (Texarkana), shared with Texas
  • Union Station (Brinkley)
    Union Station (Brinkley)
    The Lick Skillet Railroad Work Station Historic District is a historic district in Brinkley, Arkansas that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992....


California

  • Union Station (Los Angeles)
    Union Station (Los Angeles)
    Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line...

  • Union Station (San Diego)
    Union Station (San Diego)
    Union Station in San Diego, California, also known as the Santa Fe Depot, is a train station built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the small Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Spanish Colonial Revival style station is...

    , completed in 1915 as Santa Fe
    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

     Depot
  • Santa Fe Depot (San Bernardino)

Connecticut

  • Union Depot (North Canaan, Connecticut)
    Union Depot (North Canaan, Connecticut)
    The Canaan Union Depot, also known as the Union Depot, is located in Canaan Village, in the town of North Canaan, Connecticut, and is a former union station...

  • Union Station (Danbury, Connecticut) now the Danbury Railway Museum
    Danbury Railway Museum
    The Danbury Railway Museum is housed in the former Union Station on the east end of downtown Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It was established in the mid-1990s following the closure of the station by Metro-North Railroad, and primarily focuses on the history of railroading in southeastern...

  • Union Station (Hartford)
    Union Station (Hartford)
    Hartford Union Station is the main railway station in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. . The historic station building is near the State Capitol Building. It is a Richardsonian Romanesque building designed by George Keller and built in 1889. A 1914 fire required that it be completely rebuilt,...

  • Union Station (New Haven)
    Union Station (New Haven)
    Union Station, also known as New Haven Railroad Station, is the main railroad passenger station in New Haven, Connecticut. Designed by noted American architect Cass Gilbert, the beaux-arts Union Station was completed and opened in 1920 after the previous Union Station was...

  • Union Station (New London)
  • Union Station (Waterbury, Connecticut)

District of Columbia

  • Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
    Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
    Washington Union Station is a train station and leisure destination visited by 32 million people each year in the center of Washington, D.C. The train station is served by Amtrak, MARC and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail services as well as by Washington Metro subway trains and local buses...

    , Daniel Burnham, architect, 1907
  • Union Station (Washington Metro)
    Union Station (Washington Metro)
    Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.The station is located in Northeast of the city under the western end of Union Station, the main train station for Washington, at which connections can be made to Amtrak intercity trains as well as the Virginia Railway...

     located under Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Florida

  • Miami Central Station
    Miami Central Station
    Miami Central Station, also called Miami Airport Station, is a rapid transit, commuter rail, intercity rail, and intercity bus union station currently under construction in Miami, Florida, United States, in the Grapeland Heights neighborhood....

  • Ocala Union Station
    Ocala Union Station
    The Ocala Union Station is a historic site in Ocala, Florida, United States. It is located at 531 Northeast First Avenue, and was built in 1917 by both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads. Prior to this, ACL and SAL had separate depots in Ocala...

  • Old Atlantic Coast Line Union Depot
    Palatka (Amtrak station)
    The Palatka Amtrak station is a historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot in Palatka, Florida. It is located at 220 North Eleventh Street, on the corner of US 17-FL 100. It opened in 1909 and originally served as a junction with Florida Southern Railway, Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and...

     (Palatka, Florida
    Palatka, Florida
    Palatka is a city in Putnam County, Florida, United States. The population was 10,033 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,796. It is the county seat of Putnam County and includes East Palatka. Palatka is the principal city of the Palatka...

    )
  • Union Station (Jacksonville), now a convention center
  • Union Station (Tampa)
    Union Station (Tampa)
    Tampa Union Station is a historic depot in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 601 North Nebraska Avenue .Opened on May 15, 1912, by the Tampa Union Station Company, its original purpose was to combine passenger operations for the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line and the...


Georgia

  • Union Station (Albany, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia
  • Atlanta Union Stations:
    • the 1853 Atlanta Union Station or Union Depot
      Atlanta Union Station (1853)
      Atlanta's first Union Station, also known as Union Depot was the original depot of Atlanta, Georgia. It was designed by architect Edward A. Vincent. It stood in the middle of State Square, the city's main square at the time, where Wall Street now is between Pryor Street and Central Avenue...

      , burned in the Battle of Atlanta
      Battle of Atlanta
      The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman overwhelmed...

    • the 1871 Atlanta Union Station
      Atlanta Union Station (1871)
      Atlanta's second Union Station was built in 1871 on the site of the the 1853 station, burned in the Battle of Atlanta. It was built in Second Empire style, designed by architect Max Corput...

    • the 1930 Atlanta Union Station, demolished 1972
  • Union Station (Macon) Macon, Georgia
    Macon, Georgia
    Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...

    , City transportation center
  • Union Station (Tifton) Tifton, Georgia
    Tifton, Georgia
    Tifton is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,060 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Tift County.-Major highways:* Interstate 75* U.S. Highway 41* U.S. Highway 82* U.S...

    , miscellaneous commercial use

Illinois

  • Union Station (Chicago)
    Union Station (Chicago)
    Union Station is a major train station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, replacing an earlier 1881 station. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains. The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between Adams...

  • Union Station (Englewood) in Chicago, Illinois
  • Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Depot (Chicago)
  • Joliet Union Station
  • Springfield Union Station (Springfield, Illinois)

Indiana

  • Union Station (Gary, Indiana)
    Union Station (Gary, Indiana)
    Union Station in Gary, Indiana was built in 1910, just four years after the city was founded. The station is located between the elevated lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Built in a Beaux Arts style utilizing the new cast-in-place concrete methods...

     (currently abandoned)
  • Union Station (French Lick)
  • Union Station (Indianapolis)
    Union Station (Indianapolis)
    The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana at 39 Jackson Place...

     (opened September 20, 1853 by the Indianapolis Union Railway
    Indianapolis Union Railway
    The Indianapolis Union Railway Company , is a terminal railroad operating in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was organized on May 31, 1850, as the Union Track Railway Company by the presidents of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company , the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company , and the...

    , the first union station in the U.S.; also currently contains an intercity bus terminal, making it a multimodal transportation facility)
  • Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)
    Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)
    Union Station opened in 1929 in South Bend, Indiana in the United States. Situated across the tracks from the Studebaker auto plant, the building served the New York Central Railroad and Grand Trunk Western Railroad. NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used...

  • Union Station (Terre Haute)

Louisiana

  • New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
    New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
    New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal is the main train station in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is served by Amtrak passenger trains, and played a role in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.- History :...

  • New Orleans Union Station
    New Orleans Union Station
    New Orleans Union Station was a railroad station in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was designed by Louis H. Sullivan for the Illinois Central Railroad and opened on June 1, 1892....

     (demolished 1954)
  • Union Station (Shreveport)

Maryland

  • Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)
    Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)
    Pennsylvania Station is the main train station in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison , it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is located at 1515 N...

    , Union Station until 1928
  • Union Station (Salisbury, MD)

Massachusetts

  • (North) Union Station and South Union Terminal in Boston, Massachusetts, now North Station
    North Station (Boston)
    North Station is a major transportation hub located at Causeway and Nashua Streets in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the city's two terminals for Amtrak and MBTA commuter trains, the other being South Station...

     (1927) and South Station
    South Station (Boston)
    South Station, New England's second-largest transportation center , located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest train station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston, a prominent train station in the northeastern...

     (1899)
  • Union Station (Concord, Massachusetts)
  • Union Station (Palmer, Massachusetts)
    Union Station (Palmer, Massachusetts)
    Union Station is a historic station at Depot Street in Palmer, Massachusetts. It was originally designed by American architect H. H. Richardson in 1883 and was one of the largest in his series of Northeastern railroad stations...

  • Union Station (Springfield, Massachusetts)
    Springfield, Massachusetts (Amtrak station)
    Springfield Union Station is an Amtrak train station in Springfield, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1926, as of 2010, Springfield Union Station was the fifth busiest Amtrak station in Massachusetts, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 360 passengers daily...

  • Union Station (Worcester, Massachusetts)
  • Union Station (Walpole, Massachusetts)

Michigan

  • Michigan Central Station
    Michigan Central Station
    Michigan Central Station , built in mid-1912 through 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit, Michigan's passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913 after the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the cessation of Amtrak service on January 6, 1988...

     (Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

    ), closed 1988, awaiting redevelopment.
  • Union Station (Durand)
  • Union Station (Holly, Michigan)(abandoned, but under restoration)
  • Union Depot
    Union Depot (Lansing, Michigan)
    The Union Depot is a former train station in Lansing, Michigan. The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with...

     (Lansing, Michigan
    Lansing, Michigan
    Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...

    ),no longer a depot, it is now home to Clara's Restaurant
  • Union Station (Muskegon), built by Chicago & West Michigan RR in 1895, now restored and now used as a visitor's bureau.

Minnesota

  • Duluth Union Depot (Duluth, Minnesota
    Duluth, Minnesota
    Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...

    )
  • Union Depot
    Saint Paul Union Depot
    The Saint Paul Union Depot was the main train station in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Saint Paul Union Depot Company controlled of St. Paul trackage and terminal facilities, including the depot building...

     (Saint Paul, Minnesota
    Saint Paul, Minnesota
    Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

    )

Mississippi

  • Union Station (Brookhaven, Mississippi)
  • Union Station (Gulfport, Mississippi)
  • Union Station (Jackson, Mississippi)
  • Union Station (Meridian, Mississippi)

Missouri

  • Union Station (Kansas City)
  • Union Station (St. Louis), now a shopping mall and hotel

New York

  • Union Station (Albany, New York)
    Union Station (Albany, New York)
    Union Station, also known as Albany Union Station, is a building in downtown Albany, New York. Built during 1899–1900, it originally served as the city's railroad station but now houses bank offices...

     (now owned by Bank of America
    Bank of America
    Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

    )
  • Union Station (Chatham, New York)
  • Union Station (Lockport, New York)
    Union Station (Lockport, New York)
    Union Station is a historic train station located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It was constructed in 1889, for the New York Central Railroad in the Romanesque style. It was deactivated as a station in the 1940s and lay unused until 1967. It was renovated and reopened as a restaurant...

  • Union Station (Schenectady) (demolished and replaced by Schenectady (Amtrak station)
    Schenectady (Amtrak station)
    The Schenectady Amtrak station is a train station in Schenectady, New York served by Amtrak. The station is built under the railroad tracks with an elevator and staircase leading to a railway platform between the two tracks. The station is a popular railfan site.The station was built in 1979 on...

    )
  • Union Station (Utica)
    Union Station (Utica)
    The Boehlert Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Utica, New York. It is owned by Oneida County, and named for retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford....


North Carolina

  • Apex Union Depot
    Apex Union Depot
    The Apex Union Depot is a historic railroad station located on Salem Street in downtown Apex, North Carolina and is the centerpiece of the Apex Historic District...

  • Goldsboro Union Station
    Goldsboro Union Station
    Union Station in Goldsboro, North Carolina was built in 1909 at West Walnut and North Carolina Streets to serve the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the Southern Railway, and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway....

  • Selma Union Depot, now known as the Selma-Smithfield Amtrak Station.
  • Union Station (New Bern, North Carolina)
  • Union Station (Raleigh, North Carolina)
    Union Station (Raleigh, North Carolina)
    The Union Station in Raleigh, North Carolina was constructed in 1890 by the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line, at the corner of Dawson and West Martin streets. It also served the original Norfolk Southern Railway and the Southern Railway, with a total of four...

  • Union Station (Sanford, North Carolina)
  • Union Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina

Ohio

  • Union Depot (Cleveland), only used by the Pennsylvania Railroad
    Pennsylvania Railroad
    The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

  • Union Station (Columbus)
  • Union Station (Dayton, Ohio)
  • Union Station (Toledo)
  • Union Terminal (Cincinnati)
    Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
    The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, originally Cincinnati Union Terminal, is a passenger railroad station in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States...

    , Alfred Fellheimer and Steward Wagner, architects, 1929. Currently in use as The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
    Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
    The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, originally Cincinnati Union Terminal, is a passenger railroad station in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States...

    . Also serves Amtrak's Cardinal (train) line.
  • Union Terminal (Cleveland), now Tower City Center
    Tower City Center
    Tower City Center is a large mixed-use facility located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The facility is composed of a number of interconnected office buildings, including the landmark Terminal Tower, a shopping mall, two hotels, and the main hub of Cleveland's three rapid transit lines...


Pennsylvania

  • Union Station (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), now a medical center
  • Union Station (Erie)
    Union Station (Erie)
    Union Station is a train station in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania. It opened on December 3, 1927. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, which maintains a small office in the building...

  • Union Station (Harrisburg), now the Harrisburg Transportation Center
    Harrisburg Transportation Center
    The Harrisburg Transportation Center is a large railway station and transportation hub in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is located on the eastern edge of Downtown Harrisburg between the intersections of Aberdeen and Market Streets and 4th and Chestnut Streets...

  • Union Station (Pittsburgh)
    Union Station (Pittsburgh)
    Union Station is a historic train station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.-History:Unlike many union stations built in the U.S...

    , Daniel Burnham
    Daniel Burnham
    Daniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA was an American architect and urban planner. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He took a leading role in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including Chicago and downtown Washington DC...

    , architect, 1898–1903

South Carolina

  • Union Station (Charleston), was a train station in downtown Charleston which was destroyed by fire only 40 years after its construction.
  • Union Station (Columbia, South Carolina), converted to a restaurant
  • Union Station (Spartanburg)

Tennessee

  • Union Station (Chattanooga)
  • Union Station (Columbia), served Louisville & Nashville and Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad, vacant
  • Union Station (Memphis)
    Union Station (Memphis)
    Memphis Union Station was a jointly owned passenger terminal serving the Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway and Southern Railway. The terminal was built in the Beaux-Arts style...

    , demolished 1969
  • Union Station (Nashville)
    Union Station (Nashville)
    Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee...

     (now a hotel)

Texas

  • Union Station (Galveston), now Galveston Railroad Museum
  • Union Station (Dallas)
    Union Station (Dallas)
    Union Station, also known as Dallas Union Terminal, is a DART Light Rail, commuter rail, and Amtrak intercity rail station located in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets...

  • Union Depot (El Paso)
    Union Depot (El Paso)
    The El Paso Union Depot, also known as El Paso Union Passenger Depot, was designed by architect Daniel Burnham, who also designed Washington D.C. Union Station. It was built between 1905 and 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.Currently served by Amtrak's Texas...

  • Union Station (Fort Worth) now a catering facility
  • Union Station (Houston), now part of Minute Maid Park
    Minute Maid Park
    Minute Maid Park is a ballpark in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States that opened in 2000 to house the Major League Baseball Houston Astros....

  • Union Station (Texarkana), shared with Arkansas
    Arkansas
    Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...


Utah

  • Union Station (Ogden)
    Union Station (Ogden)
    Union Station in Ogden, Utah, also known as Ogden Union Station, is located on Historic 25th Street. It was formerly the junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads....

     now the Utah State Railroad Museum
  • Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
    Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
    The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot is a spacious building on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Built from 1908 to 1909, it harkens back to a more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel...

     also called Union Station (Salt Lake City)

Vermont

  • Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont) now Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
    Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
    Brattleboro Museum and Art Center non-collecting museum was founded in 1972 and is housed in a historic train station in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. New exhibits by regional and international artists are shown each season. The aim of BMAC is to present art and ideas in ways that inspire,...

  • Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)
    Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)
    Union Station at 1 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont was built in 1915 of buff brick in the Beaux Arts style and is located at the western end of Main Street. Between December 2000 and February 2003 the station was a terminus of the commuter rail route Champlain Flyer...

  • Union Station (White River Junction, Vermont)

Virginia

  • Union Station (Charlottesville) serves Amtrak
    Amtrak
    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

     passengers along the Buckingham Branch Railroad
    Buckingham Branch Railroad
    Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 200 miles of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia...

     and the Norfolk Southern Railway
    Norfolk Southern Railway
    The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada...

    .
  • Union Station (Petersburg)
    Union Station (Petersburg)
    Petersburg Union Station is an unused train station in Petersburg, Virginia. It was originally built in 1909–1910 for the Norfolk and Western Railway, replacing an earlier structure damaged by a flood. The station remained in use until the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when passenger service on the...

    , completed in 1910 for the Norfolk and Western Railway
    Norfolk and Western Railway
    The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....

    . Used by Amtrak 1975-1977.
  • Union Station
    Broad Street Station (Richmond)
    Broad Street Station was a union railroad station in Richmond, Virginia, USA, across Broad Street from the Fan district....

     Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

    , also known as Broad Street Station, completed 1919 for the RF&P
    Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
    The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad was a railroad connecting Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. It is now a portion of the CSX Transportation system....

     as its terminus; also used by the Atlantic Coast Line
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
    The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was an American railroad that existed between 1900 and 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad...

     and Norfolk and Western Railway
    Norfolk and Western Railway
    The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....

    . The SAL moved here in 1959.
  • Main Street Station
    Main Street Station (Richmond)
    Richmond Main Street Station is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia. Originally built in 1901, it is currently served by Amtrak, and is planned in the future to become the northern terminus of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor as well as an intermodal station...

    , Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

     - Served the C&O
    Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
    The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P...

     and the SAL
    Seaboard Air Line Railroad
    The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad whose corporate existence extended from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line...

    .
  • Union Station (Alexandria, Virginia)
    Union Station (Alexandria)
    Alexandria Union Station is a historic train station in Alexandria, Virginia south of Washington, D.C. To avoid confusion with nearby Washington Union Station it is usually referred to locally as simply Alexandria Station. Its Amtrak code is ALX....

  • Norfolk Terminal Station
    Norfolk Terminal Station
    Norfolk Terminal Station was a union railroad station located in Norfolk, Virginia which served passenger trains and provided offices for the Norfolk and Western Railway, the original Norfolk Southern Railway and the Virginian...

    , served Norfolk and Western Railway
    Norfolk and Western Railway
    The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....

    , Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern Railway. Demolished early 1960s.
  • Lynchburg Union Station, served Norfolk and Western Railway
    Norfolk and Western Railway
    The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....

    , and Southern Railway.

Washington

  • Centralia Union Depot, Centralia, WA, listed on the NRHP in Washington
  • Union Station (Seattle)
    Union Station (Seattle)
    Union Station is a former train station in Seattle, Washington, USA, constructed between 1910 and 1911 to serve the Union Pacific Railroad and the Milwaukee Road. It was originally named Oregon and Washington Station, after a subsidiary line of the Union Pacific. Located at the corner of S. Jackson...

    , now headquarters of Sound Transit
    Sound Transit
    Sound Transit has been the popular name of Washington state's Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority since September 19, 1999. It was formed in 1996 by the Snohomish, King, and Pierce County Councils...

  • Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)
    Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)
    The Union Passenger Station in Tacoma, Washington opened in 1911 and gained a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It currently serves as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington...

    , now a federal courthouse
    • Union Depot-Warehouse Historic District, historic district based around the station
    • Union Station / South 19th Street (Link station), a light rail station named after the original

Wisconsin

  • Union Depot (Milwaukee)
  • Union Depot (Watertown, Wisconsin), famous Milwaukee Road speakeasy
    Speakeasy
    A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during the period known as Prohibition...

    .

Hong Kong

Before the 2007 merger, the railway services in Hong Kong were provided by two separate railway companies, namely the MTR Corporation Limited and the KCR Corporation
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
The Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation was established in 1982 under the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon–Canton Railway , and to construct and operate other new railways...

. There were a number of stations that were served by both companies, and passengers could transfer
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...

 from the network of one company to that of the other company. These stations were usually known as the interchange stations between the MTR and the KCR. There were totally four of them:
  • Tsim Sha Tsui Station / East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
  • Kowloon Tong Station
  • Mei Foo Station
  • Nam Cheong Station
    Nam Cheong Station
    Nam Cheong is a Hong Kong MTR station located at the ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon and opposite to Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung Line and West Rail Line, providing cross-platform interchanges between Platform 1 and Platform 4 Nam...


Since the MTRCL took over operation of the KCR network from KCR Corporation on a 50-year lease in 2007, these stations have become, from the point of view of passengers, interchange stations between lines of an integrated network.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom the term is joint station, but now has limited usage due to the privatisation of the rail network.
  • Carlisle Citadel railway station: Caledonian
    Caledonian Railway
    The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...

     and London and North Western Railway
    London and North Western Railway
    The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

    s (CalR/LNWR). The North Eastern Railway
    North Eastern Railway (UK)
    The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...

     (NER), the Maryport and Carlisle Railway
    Maryport and Carlisle Railway
    The Maryport & Carlisle Railway was a small but highly profitable railway formed in 1836 to connect the town of Maryport to the county town of Carlisle and to allow the output of collieries inland of Maryport to be more cheaply transported to Maryport for oward movement by sea. Its headquarters...

    , the Glasgow and South Western Railway
    Glasgow and South Western Railway
    The Glasgow and South Western Railway , one of the pre-grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle...

    , the North British Railway
    North British Railway
    The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...

     and the Midland Railway
    Midland Railway
    The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....

     were all tenant companies. Each company operated its own trains
  • Leeds railway station: trains from the LNWR, the NER and the MidR eventually used the combined station
  • Preston railway station
    Preston railway station
    Preston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line.It is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus First ScotRail overnight sleeper services between London and Scotland.-Station layout...

    : was once jointly owned by the North Union Railway
    North Union Railway
    The North Union Railway was an early British railway company, formed in 1834.-Origins:The North Union Railway resulted from the first railway amalgamation in British history. The two companies were the Wigan Branch Railway and the Wigan and Preston Junction Railway...

     (later the London and North Western Railway
    London and North Western Railway
    The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

    ) and the East Lancashire Railway (later the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
    The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...

    )
  • Victoria station
    Victoria station (London)
    Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground complex. It is named after nearby Victoria Street and not Queen Victoria. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo, and includes an air terminal for passengers...

    : the station and 1.25 miles (2.0 km) of approach lines owned until 1923 by the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. Worked by the GWR, LNWR, LB&SCR and SECR until the 1923 Grouping, when the Southern Railway took over
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